Push-rake.



N0. 658,-83L I Patented Oct. 2, I900. W. G. DANIELSEN.

PUSH BAKE..

(Application filed June 19, 1900.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

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No. 658,83l. Patented Oct. 2, I900.

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(Apphcatinn. filed Tune 19, 1900.)

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WILHELM G. DANIELSEN, OF LOGAN, UTAH.

PUSH- RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ram No. 658,831, dated October 2', 1900.

1 Application filed June 19, 1900. serial No. 20,854. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILHELM G. DANIEL- SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Logan, in the countyof Cache and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful Push- Rake, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of rakes commonly known as pushrakes, in which the rake-head is arranged in front of the horses and which are used in hay-fields for conveying hay from cocks or windrows to a stack and for other similar purposes. I

One object of my invention is to provide a novel push-rake in which the stress of the draft is applied to the elevation of the loaded rake-head from the ground, thereby relieving the driver of the labor of raising the rakehead.

Afurther object of myinvention is to provide improved devices for attaching the caster-wheel frame and seat-supporting springbar to the rear end of the push-frame.

A further object of my invention is to provide improved means for locking the tilting bar and rake-head when the latter is loaded and raised.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of deviceshereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a push-rake embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the rear end ofthe push-frame, the supporting spring-bar for the drivers seat, a

' portion of the frame of the caster-Wheel, and

means for securing the same together. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line a at of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on the line b b of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 0 c of Fig. 2.

I will first describe the construction of the rake-head. A pair of transversely-disposed bars 1 are bolted on the upper sides at the rear end of the series ofrake-teeth2. Blocks 3 are placed on the upper sidesiof. the bars 1, at theends thereof, and on the said blocks are secured, by means of bolts or otherwise, the guard-fingers 4, of which there are two, one on each side of the rake-head and at a suitable distance above the rake-teeth 2, as

shown. Blocks 5 are secured on the rakehead,near the rear end thereof, at points about midway between the cross-bars 1. Said blocks are preferably bolted to appropriate rake-teeth, but may be otherwise secured,

and on the said blocks are bearings 6, in

which is secured an axle-shaft 7, provided with supporting-wheels 8. The length of the axle-shaft is less than the width of the rakehead, and said supporting-wheels are disposed within the sides of the rake-head, as shown. cured to a series of supportinginclined bracebars 10, which rise from the cross-bars 1 and the rear portions of the guard-fingers 4, the said bar 9 and brace-bars 10 forming a lever which projects from the upper side of' the rake-head, at the rear end thereof.

The push-frame extends rearward from the rake-head and comprises a pair of push-bars 11, the front ends of which are provided with pivotal bearings 12, which turn on the axleshaft 7, and thereby the rake-head is pivotally connected to the front end of the pushframe, so that by tilting said rake-head rearwardly the rake-teeth may be raised from the ground. A cross-bar 13 extends transversely across and projects beyond the push-bars 11 and is secured thereto by bolts, as at 14. A draft-beam 15, near the rear end of the push frame, is disposed transversely across the push-bars 11 and secured thereto by means of clip-bolts 16 or in any other suitable manner. A pair of plates 17 18 are bolted to the upper and lower sides of the push-bars 11, at

. 20 of the caster-frame 21, in which is mounted a trailing caster-wheel 22. The plate 18 is provided on its upper side with transverselydisposed ribs or flanges 23, having notches 24 on their upper sides, which form'seats for the front lower end of the spring-bar 25, which serves to support the seat 26 for the driver. The heel of the said spring-bar bears A transversely-disposed bar'9 is se-' the rake-head when the latter is loaded.

upon the upper end of the spindle or rudderpost 20 of the caster-frame. A plate 27 is disposed transversely on the heel of the said spring-barand is secured thereon by means of clamp-bolts 28,which pass downward through the plates 18 17. A pair of brace-bars 29 are bolted on the plate 18 and to the end portions of the draft-beam 15.

I will now describe my improved means whereby the stress of the draft exerted by the team is utilized in the tilting or elevation 02? plate 30 is bolted on the upper side of the draft-beam 15 at an appropriate point, preferably to one side of the center thereof, as shown, and is provided with a bearing 31, to which is pivoted the lower end of a hand-lever 32. Said hand-lever is provided at a suitable distance from its lower end with a footstep A tilting-bar 34 is provided at its front end with a pair of forward-extending plates 35, bolted thereto, and pivotally connected to the bar 9 of the rake-head by a bolt 36. The said tilting-bar is provided at its rear end with rearward-extending plates 37, which are bolted on opposite sides thereof, as at 38, said plates extending rearward from said tilting-bar and forming a bifurcated extension thereof and passing on opposite sides of the hand-lever 32, to which they are pivotally attached by a bolt, as at 39. It will be observedby reference to the drawings, more particularly by reference to Fig. 5 thereof, that the pivotal bolt 40 at the lower end of the hand-lever 32 is at some distance above the plate 30 and that when the hand-lever 32 is turned rearward to its full extent to draw the tilting-bar rearward, and thereby lift the teeth of the rake-head from the ground, the pivotal connection 39 between the tilting-bar and the hand-lever passes slightly below the dead-center, the hand-lever being stopped by contacting with the upper side of the plate 30, and thereby said hand-lever is locked in position to maintain the loaded rake-head with its teeth in their elevated position.

A pair of draft-levers 41 are disposed on the end of the draft-beam 15 and pivotally connected thereto, as at 42, by the means usually employed for pivoting a doubletree. The outer ends of the said draft-levers project beyond the ends of the said draft-beam and are provided with singletrees 43, attached thereto in the usual manner. The inner ends of said draft-levers are connected, by means of rods or chains 44, to an equalizing-bar 45, which is pivoted to the tilting-bar 34 at an appropriate point by means of a bolt 46. It will be u uderstood that the draft-bars being thus connected together and to the tilting-bar equalize the draft between the horses, and, moreover, that by this arrangement of the draft-levers and the tilting-bar the stress of the draft when the team is started, as the rake-head is lowered so as to run its teeth under a pile of hay, asahay-cock or a windrow, to load the rake-head, is applied to the tilting-bar to move the latter rearwardly, thereby tilting the rake-head on its axle and serving to elevate the load. The lever is operated by hand by the driverto facilitate the raising of the loaded rake-head, if required; but all or practically all of the power required to tilt and raise the loaded rake-head is furnished by the team and the driver is relieved of laborious operation of the lever. Swing-rods 47 are pivotally secured to the ends of the cross-bar 13 and are provided at their outer ends with links 48, to which the collars of the team are attachedin a suitable manner.

It will be understood that the push-rake,

being provided at the rear end of its pushframe with the pivoted trail or caster frame and su pporting-wheel 22, mounted therein, the push-rake may be driven in any required direction and readily turned by the team.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a push-rake, the combination of apivotally-supported rake-head, a push-frame, a hand-lever pivoted at its lower end at a point above the upper side of said push-frame, a tilting-bar connected to the rake-head and attached to the hand-lever at a point above the pivot of the latter, whereby said hand-lever may be swung rearward, past the dead-center, when the rake-teeth are elevated by the tilting of said rake-head, and thereby lock the same in an elevated position, draft-levers on the push-frame, and connections between said draftlevers and said tilting-bar, substantially as described.

2. In apush-rake, the combination of a pivotally-supported rake-head, a push-frame, a hand-lever pivoted to said push-frame, a tilting-bar having its front end flexibly connected to the rake-head and its rear end connected to said hand-lever, draft-levers on the push-frame, an equalizing-bar pivoted to the tilting-bar and connections between said equalizing-bar and said draft-bars, substantially as described.

3. In a push-rake, the combination with the push-bar, of the connecting-plates therefor, on the upper and lower sides thereof, the upper connecting-plate having ribs or flanges on its upper side, the seat-supportingbarhaving its foot seated in said ribs or flanges and secured on said upper plate, and the casterframe having the spindle or rudder-post in hearings in said plates, and bearing under the foot of the seat-supporting bar, substantially as described.

4. In a push-rake, the combination with the push-bars, of the connecting-plates therefor, on the upper and lower sides thereof, the upper connectingplate having ribs or flanges on its upper side, the seat-supporting bar having its foot seated in said ribs or flanges, a

plate disposed on the upper side of the foot of said seat-supporting bar, and clampingbolbs passing through said plate, said 00nnecting-plates and said push-bars, and the caster-frame having its post journaled in bearings in said connecting-plates, substantiaily as described.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILHELM G. DANIELSEN.

Witnesses:

EMER CROCKETT, OHAs. E. LLOYD. 

